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Yeah, Libtards! Taxpayer money should be reserved for important needs, like helicopter rides and snack foods.

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Yeah, I can totally see why Christie doesn't want to pay for the use of women's bathrooms, sports center, computer center, or the library. Just like he doesn't want to pay for the abortion pills.God, these people don't seem to understand how society works.

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And be sure not to forget the diet cola.

In a 50 gallon drum.

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Gotta know all the right words when banging your thumb with the hammer.

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Pretty sure the benefit-reapers who get college degrees wind up paying way more in taxes over the course of their lifetimes (and we could come up with something reactionary like, I don't know, a PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX to make it even more fair) so I would make the case that free college for all winds up paying for itself and makes us smrtr as a country. Inasmuch as this results in fewer serfs tied to dead-end, low-pay jobs because young people have huge debt loads and the fact that the GOP embraces stupidity as a value, it remains an uphill fight.

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Iowa State is a Land Grant University and is supposed to be virtually free for Iowans. That was what Lincoln intended when he founded the system.

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Why don't Christie's kids go to those trade schools, better than universities, Cons say?

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If college graduates are society is going to reap the greater economic rewards and opportunities of [more people] earning a degree, then it seems fair for them to support the cost of the education they’re receiving.

FTFY, you fat fucking idiot. Maybe if you'd spent more time listening to teachers instead of yelling at them, you wouldn't be so damned stupid.

BTW Shy, I know it's probably your lovely wife's prime directive to you that this site should have MOAR advertising, but it's so insanely larded up by them that it is now literally impossible to comment using my iPad. Before it used to be merely too much hassle to bother most of the time. Now it's actually impossible to fire off a comment before the crushing memory demands of a million requests crashes the page. That's when I even manage to scroll down to the comments section before it crashes. This is killing my dwell time. I understand that is valuable to you, or should be.

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I am constantly amazed that they pull this off. They are able to push this narrative that they exhibit personal responsibility, but others don't.

That when their family uses a public benefit or safety net it is okay, but others who do are leeches that take advantage of government handouts and are lazy and are bad. And we can't afford GI bills and to take care of today's veterans.

When their state experiences natural disasters they should get fed gov help, but others shouldn't.

And it's not just the politicians. Craig T Nelson's family didn't need anyone's help when they were on welfare. Rush Limbaugh was a different kind of addict. Ultra patriotic Ted Nugent dodges the draft and sings about pussy fever. But Common (the Rapper) is a misogynist. And the decorated war veteran John Kerry is Un-murican.

How do these people have any credibility in the eyes of anyone?

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college students should go find some wealthy "investors" to help pay for their education, in exchange for some of their income once they graduate

Like, say, having the government subsidize the cost of a college education, and then taxing the income of the students after they graduate.

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Stop the presses. Are you saying there is a benefit to the society as a whole for investing in the future of our country? haha. that's crazy talk. As if California became one of the largest economies in the world, including the tech capital of the world, partially because the Cal State University and UC systems were free when they were established and remained relatively cheap up until the last decade or so.

Next thing you'll be telling us is that it would be a boon to our economy to also spend money on fixing our infrastructure. And that would pay for itself with increases in economic activity just related to the work involved. And then over time a modern infrastructure would also increase revenue with the efficiencies it offers to the business community. But no, that's also just plain crazy talk. And that should just be ignored because Hillary needs a latte.

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Even summer quarter?

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So tell me, Crisco, after Sandy had pounded your state into gravel, did you let market forces do its magic without running off to hit the Prez for taxpayer money?

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I assume food metaphors are the only ones Christie is capable of using.

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They're white.

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Sorry. Don't know what in the fuck I might have been thinking. Drinking may have been involved.

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